David Foster Wallace Quotes

TV's 'real' agenda is to be 'liked,' because if you like what you're seeing, you'll stay tuned. TV is completely unabashed about this; it's its sole raison.

David Foster Wallace

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: February 21, 1962 - December 12, 2008

Topics

YouSeeingRealStayBecauseLike

There is a wall that's built up that leads us to believe we can't move at work, but that's not the case. We need to find those pockets of time where we can take care of ourselves.

Jessie Pavelka

WorkTimeBelieveCareTake CareUp

I'd say putting another Clinton in the White House is only going to make that right-wing extremism greater. We will see more of these neoliberal policies, like Wall Street deregulation, like the Trans-Pacific Partnership, which Hillary has always supported. She's changed her tune a little bit, but Hillary has walked the walk.

Jill Stein

WalkPartnershipHouseWhiteWall

Without humility there can be no humanity.

John Buchan

HumilityHumanityWithout

What slavery really demonstrated was that we don't really know how to use energy wisely and that we can be incredibly abusive and barbaric.

Andrew Nikiforuk

SlaveryEnergyKnowUseHowReally

The James Webb Space Telescope was specifically designed to see the first stars and galaxies that were formed in the universe. So we're gonna see the snapshot of when stars started. When galaxies started. The very first moments of the universe. And my bet? There's gonna be some big surprises.

John M. Grunsfeld

StarsSpaceUniverseMomentsSee

Space and time, not proteins and neurons, hold the answer to the problem of consciousness. When we consider the nerve impulses entering the brain, we realize that they are not woven together automatically, any more than the information is inside a computer.

Robert Lanza

TimeTogetherSpaceBrainProblem

Former president Wulff said Islam belongs to Germany. That is true. I also hold this opinion.

Angela Merkel

OpinionSaidTrueIslamPresident

To work with Miss Oprah has been amazing. To have her in my corner and inspire me and uplift me has been amazing.

Storm Reid

WorkAmazingMeInspireCornerHer

American power in the Middle East is collapsing. It doesn't need much more than a shove, and it will - and that's not going to be a good thing.

Robert Fisk

GoodPowerAmericanWillMoreNeed

This new art made a deep impression on me, and I began to study it ardently.

Ruggero Leoncavallo

ArtMeDeepNewStudyImpression

I think 'The X-Files' was a very important moment in TV history.

Michael McKean

HistoryMomentThinkImportantTV

Records are there to be broken. Lots of people would love to swap their world record for an Olympic medal, but for me, my medals are there forever and ever, and that's what does it for me.

Mo Farah

LoveBrokenPeopleMeWorldMedals

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